# 2009–10 Persepolis F.C. season

The 2009–10 season will be Persepolis's 9th season in the Pro League, and their 27th consecutive season in the top division of Iranian football. They will also be competing in the Hazfi Cup. They've had many problems in summer such as their chairman not being certain about his position or not having a head coach until two weeks before the league started and their last problem was about Ali Karimi's contract who was their best player the year before who later joined Steel Azin.

## Squad
### Iran Pro League

Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules; some limited exceptions apply. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 1 | GK | IRN | Misagh Memarzadeh |
| 2 | DF | IRN | Alireza Mohammad |
| 3 | DF | IRN | Sepehr Heidari (3rd captain) |
| 4 | DF | IRN | Mojtaba Shiri |
| 5 | DF | IRN | Nabiollah Bagheriha |
| 6 | MF | IRN | Karim Bagheri (captain) |
| 7 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Parvin |
| 8 | FW | GER | Shpejtim Arifi |
| 9 | FW | IRN | Mohsen Khalili |
| 10 | MF | IRN | Maysam Baou |
| 11 | MF | IRN | Hossein Badamaki |
| 13 | DF | IRN | Sheys Rezaei (Vice-captain) |
| 14 | MF | IRN | Saman Aghazamani |
| 16 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Mansouri |
| No. | Pos. | Nation | Player |
| 17 | DF | IRN | Jalal Akbari |
| 18 | DF | IRN | Ebrahim Shakouri |
| 20 | GK | IRN | Alireza Haghighi |
| 21 | MF | IRQ | Hawar Mulla Mohammed |
| 22 | MF | IRN | Mohammad Mehdi Elhaei |
| 24 | FW | IRN | Hadi Norouzi |
| 25 | MF | IRN | Mehdi Shiri |
| 26 | MF | IRN | Hamidreza Aliasgari |
| 27 | MF | BRA | Tiago Alves Fraga |
| 28 | FW | BRA | Wésley Brasilia |
| 29 | MF | IRN | Mehran Farziat |
| 30 | FW | IRN | Mojtaba Zarei |
| 33 | GK | IRN | Mohammad Hossein Naeiji |
| 40 | MF | IRN | Adel Kolahkaj |

## Persian Gulf Cup
### Matches

| Win | Draw | Lose |
Last updated 18 May 2010
| # | Date | Home | Score | Away | Venue | Goal | Yellow card | Red card | Fans | Ref | Rank |
| 1 | 6 Aug 2009 | Mes Kerman | 3-3 | Persepolis | Shahid Bahonar/Kerman | Hadi Norouzi 25,42', Sheys Rezaei 78' | Alireza Mohammad, Mehdi Shiri, Sheys Rezaei | - | 10,000 | Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh | 8th |
| 2 | 14 Aug 2009 | Persepolis | 1-1 | Est. Ahvaz | Azadi/Tehran | Sepehr Heidari 83' | - | - | dispossessed | Yadolah Jahanbazi | 10th |
| 3 | 20 Aug 2009 | Pas Hamedan | 1-2 | Persepolis | Mofatteh/Hamedan | Mohammad Parvin 75', Hadi Norouzi 89' | Mojtaba Shiri, Jalal Akbari | - | 10,000 | Masoud Moradi | 7th |
| 4 | 28 Aug 2009 | Persepolis | 1-0 | Saba Qom | Azadi/Tehran | Karim Bagheri 80' | Jalal Akbari, Sepehr Heidari | Jalal Akbari (End of the Match) | 55,000 | Khodadad Afsharian | 4th |
| 5 | 7 Sep 2009 | Zob Ahan | 1-1 | Persepolis | Foolad Shahr/Fooladshahr | Karim Bagheri 53' | Mojtaba Shiri, Mohammad Parvin | - | 15,000 | Alireza Faghani | 6th |
| 6 | 14 Sep 2009 | Persepolis | 2-2 | Shahin Bushehr | Azadi/Tehran | Hadi Norouzi 21', Karim Bagheri 89(P)' | - | - | 60,000 | Toraj Haghverdi | 7th |
| 7 | 20 Sep 2009 | Rah Ahan | 2-2 | Persepolis | Azadi/Tehran | Karim Bagheri 52(P)', Wésley Brasilia 90+5' | - | - | 50,000 | Ahmad Salehi | 7th |
| 8 | 25 Sep 2009 | Persepolis | 1-2 | Paykan | Azadi/Tehran | Maysam Baou 75' | Hadi Norouzi | - | 50,000 | Mahmoud Rafiei | 8th |
| 9 | 2 Oct 2009 | Esteghlal | 1-1 | Persepolis | Azadi/Tehran | Adel Kolahkaj 49' | Saman Aghazamani, Wésley Brasilia, Mojtaba Zarei | - | 90,000 | Mohsen Torki | 8th |
| 10 | 6 Oct 2009 | Persepolis | 4-2 | Moghavemat | Azadi/Tehran | Karim Bagheri 12', Hadi Norouzi 54', Maysam Baou 80', Hawar Mulla 85' | Hamidreza Aliasgari, Saman Aghazamani | - | 30,000 | Saeid Bakhshi Zadeh | 6th |
| 11 | 11 Oct 2009 | Foolad | 0-0 | Persepolis | Takhti/Ahvaz | - | - | - | 13,000 | Mohsen Ghahremani | 7th |
| 12 | 16 Oct 2009 | Persepolis | 1-1 | Malavan | Azadi/Tehran | Hawar Mulla 87(P)' | Maysam Baou | - | 40,000 | Toraj Haghverdi | 7th |
| 13 | 22 Oct 2009 | Saipa | 0-2 | Persepolis | Azadi/Tehran | Mojtaba Zarei 12', Wésley Brasilia 33' | Hossein Badamaki | - | 40,000 | Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh | 6th |
| 14 | 26 Oct 2009 | Persepolis | 2-1 | Tractor Sazi | Azadi/Tehran | Mojtaba Zarei 65', Hawar Mulla 86' | Wésley Brasilia, Mojtaba Zarei, Hawar Mulla | - | 50,000 | Hedayat Mombeini | 6th |
| 15 | 31 Oct 2009 | Steel Azin | 2-1 | Persepolis | Azadi/Tehran | Hawar Mulla 12' | Sepehr Heidari, Sheys Rezaei | - | 40,000 | Masoud Moradi | 7th |
| 16 | 5 Nov 2009 | Persepolis | 2-1 | Aboomoslem | Azadi/Tehran | Karim Bagheri 35,55' | - | - | 25,000 | Khodadad Afsharian | 5th |
| 17 | 28 Nov 2009 | Sepahan | 2-1 | Persepolis | Foolad Shahr/Fooladshahr | Sepehr Heidari 65' | Misagh Memarzadeh | Sheys Rezaei(35) | 15,000 | Hedayat Mombeini | 7th |
| 18 | 4 Dec 2009 | Persepolis | 2-0 | Mes Kerman | Azadi/Tehran | Sepehr Heidari 49', Mohsen Khalili 71' | Alireza Mohammad | - | 30,000 | Yadolah Jahanbazi | 4th |
| 19 | 10 Dec 2009 | Est. Ahvaz | 1-0 | Persepolis | Takhti/Ahvaz | - | Mojtaba Zarei, Hossein Badamaki | - | 15,000 | Alireza Faghani | 5th |
| 20 | 18 Dec 2009 | Persepolis | 1-0 | Pas Hamedan | Azadi/Tehran | Maysam Baou 35' | Ebrahim Shakouri, Mohsen Khalili, Misagh Memarzadeh | - | 25,000 | Alborz Hajipour | 3rd |
| 21 | 23 Dec 2009 | Saba Qom | 1-1 | Persepolis | Yadegar Emam/Qom | Shpejtim Arifi 44' | Nabiollah Bagheriha, Tiago Alves Fraga | - | 15,000 | Masoud Moradi | 3rd |
| 22 | 9 Jan 2010 | Persepolis | 1-1 | Zob Ahan | Azadi/Tehran | Mohsen Khalili 52(P)' | Hossein Badamaki | - | 30,000 | Mohsen Ghahremani | 3rd |
| 23 | 16 Jan 2010 | Shahin Bushehr | 4-1 | Persepolis | Shahid Beheshti/Bushehr | Hawar Mulla 90+4' | - | - | 30,000 | Ahmad Salehi | 5th |
| 24 | 22 Jan 2010 | Persepolis | 1-0 | Rah Ahan | Azadi/Tehran | Mohsen Khalili 15' | Hossein Badamaki, Karim Bagheri, Hadi Norouzi, Adel Kolahkaj | - | 60,000 | Toraj Haghverdi | 4th |
| 25 | 29 Jan 2010 | Paykan | 1-3 | Persepolis | Shahid Rajaei/Qazvin | Hossein Memar 10(O.G.)', Karim Bagheri 45+1', Mohsen Khalili 75' | Hossein Badamaki, Alireza Mohammad, Karim Bagheri | - | 10,000 | Khodadad Afsharian | 4th |
| 26 | 3 Feb 2010 | Persepolis | 2-1 | Esteghlal | Azadi/Tehran | Hadi Norouzi 37', Karim Bagheri 87' | Hossein Badamaki | - | 80,000 | Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh | 3rd |
| 27 | 19 Feb 2010 | Moghavemat | 1-2 | Persepolis | Hafezieh/Shiraz | Mohsen Khalili 20', Tiago Alves Fraga 45+1' | Sepehr Heidari, Mohammad Mansouri, Ebrahim Shakouri | - | 30,000 | Yadolah Jahanbazi | 3rd |
| 28 | 5 Mar 2010 | Persepolis | 1-0 | Foolad | Azadi/Tehran | Mohsen Khalili 72' | Hadi Norouzi, Adel Kolahkaj | - | 50,000 | Mahmoud Rafiei | 3rd |
| 29 | 12 Mar 2010 | Malavan | 1-1 | Persepolis | Takhti/Anzali | Karim Bagheri 67' | Sheys Rezaei, Hawar Mulla | Sheys Rezaei(90+4) | 20,000 | Hedayat Mombeini | 3rd |
| 30 | 3 Apr 2010 | Persepolis | 0-2 | Saipa | Azadi/Tehran | - | Sepehr Heidari, Ebrahim Shakouri, Mojtaba Zarei | - | 35,000 | Mohsen Torki | 3rd |
| 31 | 16 Apr 2010 | Tractor Sazi | 1-1 | Persepolis | Yadegar Emam/Tabriz | Hadi Norouzi 56' | Hossein Badamaki | - | 70,000 | Saeid Mozaffari Zadeh | 4th |
| 32 | 2 May 2010 | Persepolis | 0-0 | Steel Azin | Azadi/Tehran | - | - | - | 50,000 | Mohsen Ghahremani | 4th |
| 33 | 6 May 2010 | Aboomoslem | 3-1 | Persepolis | Samen/Mashhad | Sepehr Heidari 17' | - | - | 30,000 | Ahmad Salehi | 4th |
| 34 | 18 May 2010 | Persepolis | 1-1 | Sepahan | Azadi/Tehran | Hadi Norouzi 46' | Sepehr Heidari | - | 10,000 | Alireza Faghani | 4th |

### Results by round

| Round | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 |
| Ground | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H | A | H |
| Result | D | D | W | W | D | D | D | L | D | W | D | D | W | W | L | W | L | W | L | W | D | D | L | W | W | W | W | W | D | L | D | D | L | D |
| Position | 7 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 |

### Results summary

| Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Overall | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Home | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away | Away |
| | GP | W | D | L | Pts | GF | GA | GD |
| In Azadi Studium | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 23 | 15 | +8 |
| In Other Stadiums | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 25 | -2 |
Source: "Ipl". iplstats.com. Retrieved 29 January 2010.

### League standings

| Pos | Teamvte | Pld | W | D | L | GF | GA | GD | Pts | Qualification or relegation |
| 2 | Zob Ahan | 34 | 16 | 13 | 5 | 48 | 29 | +19 | 61 | Qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League |
| 3 | Esteghlal | 34 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 49 | 32 | +17 | 59 | Qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League |
| 4 | Persepolis | 34 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 46 | 40 | +6 | 53 | Qualification for the 2011 AFC Champions League |
| 5 | Steel Azin | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 55 | 49 | +6 | 52 | |
| 6 | Saba | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 52 | 45 | +7 | 48 | |

### Top scorers and assists
#### Cards

| Player | | | |
| Sheys Rezaei | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Jalal Akbari | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Hossein Badamaki | 7 | 0 | 0 |
| Sepehr Heidari | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| Mojtaba Zarei | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Alireza Mohammad | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Hadi Norouzi | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Ebrahim Shakouri | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Mojtaba Shiri | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Saman Aghazamani | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Misagh Memarzadeh | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Karim Bagheri | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Adel Kolahkaj | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Wésley Brasilia | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawar Mulla Mohammed | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Mehdi Shiri | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Parvin | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Maysam Baou | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hamidreza Aliasgari | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohsen Khalili | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Nabiollah Bagheriha | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohammad Mansouri | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tiago Alves Fraga | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total cards | 49 | 2 | 1 |

#### Matches played
##### 29

* Sepehr Heidari

## Hazfi Cup 2009–10

Last updated 24 May 2010

### Scorers
#### Cards

| Player | | | |
| Ebrahim Shakouri | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Sheys Rezaei | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Adel Kolahkaj | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Karim Bagheri | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hossein Badamaki | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Mohsen Khalili | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hamidreza Aliasgari | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Jalal Akbari | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Hawar Mulla Mohammed | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Tiago Alves Fraga | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Total cards | 10 | 0 | 0 |

## Friendly matches

* 28 July 2009
Persepolis 2-2 Paykan
Hadi Norouzi 25'
Wésley Brasilia 65'
* 10 August 2009
Persepolis 3-0 Fajr Moghavemat
Karim Bagheri 30(P)'
Akbar Saghiri 40'
Mohammad Parvin 80'
* 17 August 2009
Persepolis 1-2 Salar Shemiran
Mohammad Mehdi Elhaei 85'
* 2 September 2009
Persepolis 3-0 Al-Ahli
Maysam Baou 16'
Saeid Hallafi 55'
Mehdi Shiri 90'
* 15 September 2009
Persepolis 5-2 Dehdari Mashhad
Hawar Mulla (2)
Hamidreza Aliasgari
Saman Aghazamani
Ebrahim Shakouri
* 21 September 2009
Persepolis 3-3 Shensa Save
Hawar Mulla 9'
Akbar Saghiri 35'
Mohammad Parvin 40'
* 12 October 2009
Persepolis 6-1 Ehsan Ray
Mohammad Mansouri
Mohsen Khalili
Shpejtim Arifi (3)
Mohammad Parvin
* 15 November 2009
Persepolis 1-0 Ocean Marin
Akbar Saghiri 59'
* 19 November 2009
Persepolis 1-1 Al-Nahda
Mohsen Khalili 49'
* 31 December 2009
Persepolis 1-0 Hatta
Mohammad Parvin 60'
* 3 January 2010
Persepolis 1-1 Al-Rayyan
Mohammad Mansouri 85' Hamidreza Aliasgari
* 26 March 2010
Persepolis 2-4 Salem Saad XI
Hadi Norouzi
Hamidreza Aliasgari
* 28 March 2010
Persepolis 5-1 Al-Nasr
Mohsen Khalili (P) Karim Bagheri
Mohammad Mansouri
Hamidreza Aliasgari
Mohammad Mehdi Elhaei (P) Alireza Mohammad

### Al-Nasr International Tournament

* 29 August 2009
Persepolis 1(7)-1(6) Al Karamah S.C.
Hassan Abbas 84' (o.g.) Mehdi Shiri
Penalties:
Parvin Arifi Shakouri Brasilia Rezaei Ali Asgari Bagheriha
Final
* 31 August 2009
Persepolis 0-2 Al-Nasr
Mohammad Parvin

## Club
### Kit

Supplier: Uhlsport Sponsor(s): Tehran Municipality
| Home Kit | Away Kit | Third Kit |
Source: "Persepolis FC' current kit". Archived from the original on 29 January 2010. Retrieved 29 January 2010.

### Club managers

| Position | Name |
| Head coach | Ali Daei |
| Assistant coach | Hossein Abdi |
| Fitness coach | Ali Molaei |
| Goalkeeping coach | Mohammad Ali Yahyavi |
| Director | Mahmoud Khordbin |
| Team doctor | Dr. Farid Zarineh |

### Club officials

| Position | Name |
| President | Habib Kashani (temporary) |
| Director | Mahmoud Khordbin |
| Academy President | Fereydoun Moeini |
| Media Officer & International Committee President | Morteza Hosseinzadeh Zarabi |
| Financial Officer | Ali Akbar Ashouri |
| Juridical Officer | Mostafa Shokripour |
| Cultural Officer | Hojat'ol eslam Seyyed Mohammad Kohnegi |
| Chairman & Spokesman of board of Directors | Majid Farrokhzadi |
| Ground (capacity and dimensions) | Azadi Stadium (90,000 / 100 x 60 m) |
* Technical Committee members
* Homayoun Behzadi
* Hamid Jasemian
* Hossein Kalani
* Mohammad Zadmehr
* Majid Farrokhzadi
* Fereydoun Moeini
* Disciplinarian Committee members
* Ali Mohadesi
* Board of Directions
* Majid Farrokhzadi
* Mohammad Hossein Nejadfallah
* Munition Team
* Ghasem Abdolsamadi
* Asghar Norouzali

### Captains

1. Karim Bagheri
2. Sheys Rezaei
3. Alireza Haghighi
4. Mojtaba Shiri
5. Hossein Badamaki

## Squad changes during 2009–10 season
### In

| No. | Position | Player | Age | Moving from | League |
| 33 | GK | Mohammad Hossein Naeiji | 18 | Esteghlal | Iran Pro League |
| 13 | DF | Sheys Rezaei | 25 | Saba | Iran Pro League |
| 17 | DF | Jalal Akbari | 26 | Sepahan | Iran Pro League |
| 18 | DF | Ebrahim Shakouri | 25 | Payam | Azadegan League |
| 7 | MF | Mohammad Parvin | 21 | Dunajská Streda | Slovak Superliga |
| 10 | MF | Maysam Baou | 25 | Aboomoslem | Iran Pro League |
| 14 | MF | Saman Aghazamani | 20 | Saipa | Iran Pro League |
| 15 | MF | Saeid Hallafi | 19 | Sanat Naft | Azadegan League |
| 21 | MF | Hawar Mulla Mohammed | 28 | Anorthosis FC | Cypriot First Division |
| 25 | MF | Mehdi Shiri | 31 | Bargh Shiraz | Azadegan League |
| 27 | MF | Tiago Alves Fraga | 28 | Mixto | Campeonato Brasileiro Série C |
| 40 | MF | Adel Kolahkaj | 24 | Saba | Iran Pro League |
| 8 | FW | Shpejtim Arifi | 30 | Payam | Azadegan League |
| 19 | FW | Akbar Saghiri | 27 | Petrochimi Tabriz | Azadegan League |
| 28 | FW | Wésley Brasilia de Almeida | 28 | Brasiliense | Campeonato Brasileiro Série B |
| 30 | FW | Mojtaba Zarei | 25 | Rah Ahan | Iran Pro League |

### Out

| No. | Position | Player | Age | Moving to | League |
| 1 | GK | Mehdi Vaezi | 34 | Saba | Iran Pro League |
| 30 | GK | Mohsen Elyasi | 22 | Shensa Save | Azadegan League |
| 2 | DF | Masoud Zarei | 28 | Mes | Iran Pro League |
| 15 | DF | Mohammad Alavi | 27 | Foolad | Iran Pro League |
| 32 | DF | Franck Atsou | 31 | Esteghlal Ahvaz | Iran Pro League |
| 33 | DF | Rahman Rezaei | 34 | Al-Ahli | Qatar Stars League |
| 8 | MF | Ali Karimi | 30 | Steel Azin | Iran Pro League |
| 11 | MF | Maziar Zare | 24 | Emirates Club | UAE Football League |
| 18 | MF | Pejman Nouri | 29 | Malavan | Iran Pro League |
| 20 | MF | Bahador Abdi | 25 | Shahin Bushehr | Iran Pro League |
| 21 | MF | Ivan Petrović | 29 | Shahin Bushehr | Iran Pro League |
| 44 | MF | Amirhossein Ipakchi | 20 | Petrochimi Tabriz | Azadegan League |
| 10 | FW | Alireza Vahedi Nikbakht | 29 | Teraktor Sazi | Iran Pro League |
| 17 | FW | Ibrahima Touré | 23 | Sepahan | Iran Pro League |
| 28 | FW | Farhad Kheirkhah | 25 | Teraktor Sazi | Iran Pro League |
| 12 | DF | Ziaeddin Niknafs | 23 | Sanat Naft | Azadegan League |
| 15 | MF | Saeid Hallafi | 19 | Rah Ahan | Iran Pro League |
| 19 | FW | Akbar Saghiri | 27 | Naft Tehran | Azadegan League |